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Article 11:
“Fach State Party shall keep urder systematic review
interrogation
rules, instructions, methods and practices as well as.
arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected
to any form
under
of arrest,
detention
its jurisdiction,
with
a
or imprisonment
view
to
shall
ensure
in any
preventing
any
territory
cases
of
torture.”
Article
12:
“Each
authorities
wherever
torture
State
proceed
to
Party
a
prompt
there is reasonable
has
been
and
ground
committed
in
that
impartial
to believe
any
its
competent
investigation,
that an act of
territory
under
its
jurisdiction.”
54, The Court adjudges that in the instant case, in respect of the allegations
of torture made by the Applicant, the Federal Republic of Nigeria must
adhere to the provisions of Article 12 of the above-cited Convention, by
proceeding to conduct an impartial inquiry within reasonable time.
(c) Regarding reliefs sought
4455.
Paragraph 5, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights provides: “Anyone who has been a victim of unlawful arrest or
detention shall have an enforceable rignt to compensation.” Thus, the
Applicant asks for Ten Million Naira in reparation for the violations
suffered, the psychological trauma, loss of esteem before his military
colleagues, and break-ups in his family relations. Besides, his detention
beyond the period for the confirmation of his sentence has been
declared arbitrary, and he was unable to seek redress before a national
court because of the absence of confirmation for his sentence. Given
those
conditions,
the
Court
awards
him
an
all-inclusive
reparation
Five Million Naira (N 5,000,000), for all causes of harm done him.
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